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...young man when these events took place, staying at a sea-side hotel, it matters not where. In fact, it was during the vacation preceding my Senior year at college. I was then, perhaps, like many other young men, inclined to enjoy the society of the ladies. There were some threescore people, young and old, at the hotel, - in general, a very pleasant company. I had been there but a few days before I became more than ordinarily interested in two of the guests, a father and daughter. You may think it was wholly the latter; but I can assure...
...aback: the office windows opened on the front balcony, and it was not improbable that he might have witnessed the some what startling finale to the evening's comedy. However, it could not be helped. As to his favor or disfavor, he was always a moody, eccentric sort of man, and I had no reason to think that he had ever liked me better than I had liked...
...looked at the boat: it was steadily coming nearer - nearer. I then discerned two figures in the stern, a man and a woman. They were talking excitedly; disputing, it seemed. The woman rose to her feet with a scornful little laugh; and then - horrible to think of - her companion gave her a sudden push, and she fell over the side into the water. Overcome with terror as I was, I staggered forward, and felt the cold waves about my feet; and so woke up, and found myself indeed standing half in water on the lonely, moonlit beach...
...capacity for becoming benevolent, patient, humble, and loving, depends, however, in no way on the particular creed of the individual. In times past it was quite common to insist that, in order to be virtuous, a man must entertain certain beliefs about the nature and origin of the Universe, about Immortality, Free Will, &c. Now it is different. If popular education has done any thing at all, it is to show to the satisfaction of every clear-headed thinker that one may believe that the sun stands still, and yet be a bad man; while another may believe that...
...rowed Columbia, the only man who would have been of use to the 'Varsity was the man who was chosen last year as substitute. '82 had no other man who could have been of use to the 'Varsity last year. This was due more to the chance of having poor rowing material in the class than to the omission of the Columbia race...